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Ottawa township, LaSalle County, IL

11,204 Population
15.2 square miles 737.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in LaSalle County: 42.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,759 ±$8,210 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in LaSalle County: $39,375 ±$1,283
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,008 ±$9,203 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in LaSalle County: $73,045 ±$2,890
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.6% ±3.7% (1,810  ±406) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in LaSalle County: 13.9% 14,674 (±1.3% / ±1,322)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.4 minutes ±2 (92,465  ±13,222) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in LaSalle County: 26 1,238,195 (±1.1 / ±56,889)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,857 ±245 Number of households
  • LaSalle County: 45,373 ±562
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (11,099  ±30) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in LaSalle County: 2.3 105,638 (±0 / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.2% ±3.1% (124  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in LaSalle County: 7.2% † 1,592 (±1.4% / ±314)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,319 ±259 Number of housing units
  • LaSalle County: 49,843 ±57
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,500 ±$9,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in LaSalle County: $161,900 ±$2,651
  • about half the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.5% ±4.3% (1,605  ±472.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in LaSalle County: 9.1% † 9,791 (±1% / ±1,035.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93% ±6.5% (7,298  ±606.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in LaSalle County: 91.8% 70,832 (±2% / ±1,573.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±3.2% (1,483  ±262) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in LaSalle County: 20.5% 15,805 (±1% / ±792.6)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.6% (371  ±184) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in LaSalle County: 3.9% 4,217
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±2.4% (668  ±205) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in LaSalle County: 7.7% 6,555 (±0.6% / ±522)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
668 Total veterans ±205 607 Male ±204 61 Female ±53

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